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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Chapter 3
THE CIVIL WAR
Section 1: The Union Dissolves
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Section 3: Fighting the War
Section 4: The Final Phase
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HOLT, RINEHART
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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Objectives:
 How did the military strategies of the North and
South differ?
 What daily hardships did soldiers face?
 How did civilians contribute to the war effort?
 Why did some people oppose the war?
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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Northern military strategies
 capture Richmond
 gain control of Mississippi River
 use Navy to blockade the South
Southern military strategies
 capture Washington
 invade the North
 win a foreign ally
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Soldiers’ hardships
 unsanitary conditions
 disease
 shortages of food, clothing, rifles
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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Northern life on the home front
 Women took over work in factories and on farms.
 More jobs became available.
Southern life on the home front
 At first, there were many patriotic events.
 As war went on, shortages developed and focus
switched to survival.
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Civilian contributions
 Women did many previously male jobs.
 Women served as teachers, nurses, and spies.
 Civilians organized patriotic events and raised
money for the war.
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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Northern opposition to the war
 sympathy for the South
 expense of war
 fear that African Americans would take the jobs
of draftees
Southern opposition to the war
 draft violated states’ rights
 poor men fighting a war for rich men
 burden to farmers
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